The Lasker awards for 2021, announced Friday, were given to scientists whose work was crucial for Covid-19 vaccines, scientists who discovered how to control the firing of neurons with beams
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Federal Panel Recommends Booster Shots, Opening New Campaign Against the Virus
An influential scientific panel on Thursday opened a new front in the campaign against the coronavirus, recommending booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for a wide range of Americans,
A ‘Race-Free’ Approach to Diagnosing Kidney Disease
A scientific task force on Thursday called for jettisoning a common measure of kidney function that adjusts results by race, providing different assessments for Black patients than for others. The
Jeffco public health director spars with Christian school attorneys in court over mask mandate – The Denver Post
Attorneys for three small Christian schools faced off with Jefferson County Public Health’s executive director Monday during a daylong hearing in which the county health department sought to force the
Polis urges older Coloradans to get third shot of COVID vaccine
Colorado plans to get all nursing home residents in the state a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the next three weeks, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday — though
John Nkengasong, of the Africa C.D.C., Will Lead PEPFAR
The Biden administration plans to nominate John Nkengasong, a virologist and director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to lead the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,
Colorado’s fifth wave of COVID: 1 in 99 people now contagious
The odds that a Colorado resident will run across someone who’s contagious with COVID-19 in any large group are now higher than they’ve been since the start of 2021 —
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu – The Denver Post
By CARLA K. JOHNSON COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just
Study of Booster Shot Benefits Fans Debate Over Extra Doses
Wading into an acrimonious debate over booster doses, researchers in Israel reported on Wednesday that a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine can prevent both infections and severe illness
Fewer ICU beds available in Colorado than during winter COVID surge
Fewer than 200 intensive-care beds were available in Colorado as of Friday morning, meaning the state’s hospitals have less ability to take new patients than at any point during the